Another workers 'leader, Paul Okolo of Civil Service Union, said the price hike was "saddening" and urged the government to reverse it. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It's kind of saddening or even embarrassing to read what some people write. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
A Co Londonderry politician has described the damage caused by a fire in his constituency this morning as "saddening". From Wordnik.com. [Northern Ireland Local News] Reference
"saddening" agent; that is, for darkening other colours. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
It’s kind of saddening to see how bent out of shape people can get over something so simple. From Wordnik.com. [Unforeseen difficulties.] Reference
Girardi termed it "saddening" to leave the stadium "but obviously, we're going to a beautiful new structure. From Wordnik.com. [For 85 years, history hit home in 'House That Ruth Built'] Reference
And the dark pine breathes out its saddening moan. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Thought wakes one saddening thrill of bitterness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828] Reference
Her cracked discordant voice was unspeakably saddening. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
There will then be question and reply, saddening, but proud. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
The incident, as described by him, was both amusing and saddening. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Story of an Old Rebel] Reference
It was a saddening sight, that dusky group, whose only crime was being. From Wordnik.com. [Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)] Reference
It is saddening to see it in mired in such social and spiritual turmoil. From Wordnik.com. [Rory Fitzgerald: The Pope's UK Visit: "Aggressive Secularists" Are Making Britain an Intolerant, Bigoted Nation (Again)] Reference
"We shall have a letter," mother said, her eyes saddening every afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Since I have used Apis, I have never had to deplore such saddening results. From Wordnik.com. [Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent] Reference
There is a saddening sort of feeling in entering these homes of the dead. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
To hang upon that which is dark, direful, and saddening tends to degeneracy. From Wordnik.com. [Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child.] Reference
It has a way of saddening joyous looks, and imparting severity to smiling lips. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
I recalled the room, the drawings, the inscriptions, -- all so tragical and saddening!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
They can at times be heard 15 miles, and emit an inexpressibly mournful and saddening sound. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
Is it a wonder that you have so many weaknesses and pains and saddening afflictions upon you?. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Although these words were not unkindly spoken, yet they were saddening to my already sad heart. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
That Mr. Jean would make such a false accusation is reckless and saddening, but not surprising. From Wordnik.com. [Wyclef: Sean Penn Sniffs Cocaine, Penn DENIES (VIDEO)] Reference
Why should people be for ever saddening themselves with the stories of other folks 'misfortunes?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
This was the tranquil moon of summer, pacifying yet saddening men's hearts, as does all moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
All the glamour of her present happiness has faded under the saddening influence of Carol's "joke!". From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
It was a great relief to gain the open air after the long and saddening exploration of the Catacombs. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
A lot of men were happy when handling an axe, but the pick and shovel had a saddening effect on them. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
I saw for the first time that your parents 'separation had the effect of saddening your heart at that epoch. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Perhaps even more saddening to me is that certain Jews look down on other Jews who do not worship as they do. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
And when it fell on him, saddening his generous heart, she had fled like an ingrate from the sight of his stern face. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Why did these scenes and incidents, cheerful in themselves, seem to him to be somehow saddening as he walked vaguely on?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
The results of the battle of Shiloh -- while they gave fresh cause for national pride -- were dispiriting and saddening. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Nature, she would smooth some cross-grained, fretful wrinkles that were gathering in my mind, and were saddening my soul. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Husbands] Reference
Where the lakes of madder require saddening, the addition of burnt umber increases their powers, and improves their drying in oil. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
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